Lifelong control with inflammatory bowel disease patients.
The benefits and the burden of a lifelong control scheme for patients with chronic inflammatory bowel disease are discussed. The benefits cover physical, psychologic, and social conditions. Valuable scientific gains can be yielded secondarily from the data collection.
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Department of Medicine, University of Copenhagen, Denmark.
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D000223:Adaptation, Psychological; D003365:Costs and Cost Analysis; D003625:Data Collection; D003695:Delivery of Health Care / Q000191:economics; D006801:Humans; D015212:Inflammatory Bowel Diseases / Q000453:epidemiology / Q000628:therapy*; D012917:Social Adjustment; D013997:Time Factors